2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto


The 2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto is the 54th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. Regular season will start on 28 September 2016 and will finish on 1 April 2017. Playoffs will be played between 5 April and 3 May 2017.

Competition format

All the 14 teams play the regular season, consisted in a home and away round-robin. At the end of the regular season, the four first teams qualify for the playoffs, on a best of three series. The two last qualified teams are relegated to Liga Femenina 2.
At the end of the regular season, the two first teams will directly qualify to semifinals, while teams between third and sixth join the quarterfinals stage.
The two last qualified teams will be relegated to Liga Femenina 2.

Copa de la Reina

For the Copa de la Reina, initially was confirmed a format similar to the previous years, the first three qualified teams at the end of the first half of the season and another one qualified as host would play the Cup in a Final Four format, to be played on 11 and 12 February 2017.
However, on 15 November 2016, the Spanish Basketball Federation expanded the competition to the first six qualified teams at the half of the season. The two best teams will qualify directly to the semifinals while the other four teams will join the competition in the round of quarterfinals.

Participating clubs

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Spar Gran Canaria and Añares Rioja ISB were relegated to Liga Femenina 2. Likewise, Lacturale Araski and Al-Qázeres Extremadura promoted from this league as champion and runner-up respectively.
As Conquero Huelva Wagen finally was not admitted in the league, the Spanish Basketball Federation invited Spar Gran Canaria to occupy its place.

TeamCityArena2015–16
Perfumerías AvenidaSalamancaWürzburg1st
Spar CityLift GironaGironaFontajau2nd
Mann-FilterZaragozaEduardo Lastrada4th
Cadí La SeuLa Seu d'UrgellPalau d'Esports5th
Lointek Gernika BizkaiaGernikaMaloste6th
CREF ¡Hola!MadridCanal de Isabel II7th
Embutidos Pajariel BembibreBembibreBembibre Arena8th
Quesos El PastorZamoraÁngel Nieto9th
IDK GipuzkoaSan SebastiánJosé Antonio Gasca10th
Star Center–Uni FerrolFerrolEsteiro11th
Campus PrometeLogroñoLobete12th
Spar Gran CanariaLas PalmasCentro Insular de Deportes13th
Lacturales AraskiVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotza1st
Al-Qázeres ExtremaduraCáceresJuan Serrano Macayo2nd

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Team \ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526F
Team \ Round
Perfumerias Avenida221112222111111111111111111
Spar CityLift Girona312221111222222222222222222
Star Center-Uni Ferrol711108679101210107667877666554443
Lacturale Araski4107755444444444455554445564
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia1053333333333333333333333335
IDK Gipuzkoa67111313101099871011810101010778988756
Campus Promete812121086788111181096544445667877
Cadí La Seu138659987566581199981197776688
Al-Qázeres Extremadura5389786567865556668101010109999
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre9444445675597711111111101111111111111010
Mann-Filter121413111111121111991191087899898910101111
Quesos El Pastor199121213111310121212121212121212121212121212121212
CREF ¡Hola!116561012131213131313131314131313131313131313131313
Spar Gran Canaria141314141414141414141414141413141414141414141414141414

Leader
Copa de la Reina and
Playoffs semifinals berth
Copa de la Reina and
Playoffs berth
FIBA Europe competitions
Relegation to
Liga Femenina 2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

(4) Star Center–Uni Ferrol vs. (5) IDK Gipuzkoa

(3) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia vs. (6) Lacturale Araski

Semifinals

(1) Perfumerías Avenida vs. (4) Star Center–Uni Ferrol

(2) Spar CityLift Girona vs. (6) Lacturale Araski

Final

(1) Perfumerías Avenida vs. (2) Spar CityLift Girona

Stats leaders in regular season

Points

Rebounds

Assists

[Performance Index Rating]